Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and 38% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	OMA	LGA	2h 56m	80%	6.8%	917	Flying now
Southwest	OMA	LGA	2h 50m	76%	2.9%	136	Flying now
American	OMA	LGA	2h 59m	80%	3.5%	57	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York is 1 h ahead of Omaha). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	OMA 05:25 → MDW 06:50WN 4504	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 08:05 → LGA 11:20WN 2038	4h 55m	96%	93%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	1h 14m Denver	DEN 08:03 → LGA 13:57UA 1442	6h 57m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	6h 58m	97%	80%
American Details →	OMA 06:20 → CLT 09:58AA 1042	3h 09m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	7h 45m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	OMA 06:15 → MSP 07:35DL 3864 · flown by SkyWest	2h 30m Minneapolis	MSP 10:05 → LGA 13:46DL 2764	6h 31m	96%	77%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427	2h 12m Chicago	ORD 10:03 → LGA 13:26UA 669	6h 26m	98%	76%
Delta Details →	OMA 07:01 → ATL 10:16DL 1157	3h 14m Atlanta	ATL 13:30 → LGA 15:49DL 460	7h 48m	99%	74%
Southwest Details →	OMA 07:55 → STL 09:10WN 3139	1h 50m St Louis	STL 11:00 → LGA 14:25WN 1373	5h 30m	98%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	OMA 17:54 → DTW 21:00DL 3889 · flown by SkyWest	50m Detroit	DTW 21:50 → LGA 23:41DL 2603	4h 47m	67%	45%
American Details →	OMA 17:03 → CLT 20:41AA 3115	59m Charlotte	CLT 21:40 → LGA 23:30AA 2068	5h 30m	68%	42%
American Details →	OMA 12:06 → DFW 14:00AA 2226	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:48 → LGA 19:22AA 610	6h 16m	66%	32%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 05:25 4%

DEN · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 4%

IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 06:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 59m · leaves 17:03 32%

DTW · 50m · leaves 17:54 33%

ORD · 55m · leaves 15:13 38%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 3127 OMA 06:15 → DEN United UA 2446 DEN 09:49 → LGA Connection details →	2h 59m	8h 31m	98%	79%
United UA 2427 OMA 06:00 → ORD Delta DL 2252 ORD 09:35 → LGA Connection details →	1h 44m	5h 56m	92%	77%
United UA 2399 OMA 06:15 → IAH Delta DL 2140 IAH 10:53 → LGA Connection details →	2h 16m	8h 19m	97%	74%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON